This article describes the development and assessment of a graduate level online art therapy class. An introduction briefly defines art therapy and the need for distance learning in this field. The challenges inherent in teaching art therapy online, including working with art media and developing appropriate interpersonal skills and group…

The Austin Independent School District, Office of Research and Evaluation presents several types of illustrations it has used to make reports more attractive and inviting to readers: (1) clip art collection, (2) other illustration collections, (3) student art, (4) photographs, and (5) press-on lettering and pictures. Suggestions for obtaining and…

Article focused on the technique of creating batik prints, which while stirring student interest, were hung in school halls as part of the permanent collection of student work. (Author/RK)

In an experiment designed to get children away from flat cut paper work circle sculpture was started by an art teacher. (RK)

THE AIMS OF PROJECT CUE (CULTURE, UNDERSTANDING, AND ENRICHMENT), WERE TO INTEGRATE ARTS MATERIALS INTO THE ONGOING SECONDARY CURRICULUM TO SHOW STUDENTS THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THE ARTS AND THE OTHER DISCIPLINES, TO BRING THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES TO ALL STUDENTS, TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PACKAGE CONCEPT IN INTRODUCING NEW IDEAS AND…

Forty-two art activities are suggested for use with mentally handicapped children. These include miscellaneous activities as well as activities appropriate to the four seasons of the year. For each activity, materials, instructional level, procedure, and variations are specified. In addition, display ideas are presented and recipes given for…

A number of arts and crafts projects designed for therapy with students with learning disabilities are presented. All materials needed are listed, and complete directions are given with an illustration showing the finished product for 36 projects. Materials used are easily obtained and can generally be found in the home. (JM)

One in a series of over 50 similar listings relating to handicapped and gifted children, the bibliography contains 99 references selected from "Exceptional Child Education Abstracts" in the area of arts and crafts. The following information is provided for each entry (which includes research reports, conference papers, journal articles, texts, and…

This document reports on a course in comprehension and application of various techniques of sculpture and collage, using a contemporary point of view. Students will work with contemporary materials such as wood, metals, plaster, plastics, styrofoam, and many other cardboard basic materials suitable for creative design products. This unit will…

What do you do with 100 or more children who would rather be in a warm art room than outside on the cold playground for 45 minutes at noon? The solution, games: to arouse interest, to teach basic art principles, and to reinforce art concepts. (Author/RK)

Plenty of ideas for fashioning unique gifts. Plus, how to make your own ornaments and decorations; and a special picture presentation of the classic "'Twas the Night before Christmas" that you can cut out and use with your opaque projector. (Editor)

Here is an opportunity to get the art program out of the classroom and to impress on others the educational value of art education. Elementary students had the chance to share their understanding of Eskimo life while learning the cardboard block print as a technique for expression. (Editor/RK)

Polyhedra, icosahedron, truncated doedecahedron--these terms, expected in college geometry, have recently been used by elementary students in the planning and construction of a cardboard geodesic dome at Stadley Rough Elementary School in Danbury, Connecticut. Besides developing students' creative expression, this project helps them understand…

Investigated the effect of specific clayforming activities on the figural and verbal creativity of first-grade children (N=26) drawn mainly from disadvantaged, minority group backgrounds. The supposition that instruction in clayforming promotes creativity was supported. Imagery is discussed as a possible vehicle for mediating the observed change.…